Chen Zi (陈紫,

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, 1919–1999) was a Chinese composer. He was one of the composers at the original revolutionary

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and one of the collaborators assisting Ma Ke in composition of 1945's ''

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''. Among his works are the 1954 opera

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, and the 1956 opera ''

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'' (迎春花开了; Yingchunhua Kaile) co-composed with

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to a libretto by Lu Cang () and Wang Lie ().''China reconstructs'' Volume 28 - Page 393 Zhongguo fu li hui - 1979 "In 1972 the veteran composer Chen Zi and others were planning to create an opera The Miner's Daughter. I was asked to go to Beijing to coordinate.."

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Chinese male classical composers 1919 births 1999 deaths People from Huiyang 20th-century classical composers Chinese classical composers 20th-century Chinese musicians Hakka musicians 20th-century male musicians {{China-composer-stub